Carl Levitian
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I agree about 99.999% of what has been said here. I've got a 40 year familiarness with the A.T., and for almost all that time, I could in actuality get by with a small sak or Gerber LST junnior. After I got to middle age, my backpacking knife was indeed a Gerber LST.
Out of 39 years, 11 months, and 29 days, it was all I needed, but in April of 1989 I had one incident where I was glad of the half pound of .25 Jetfire in my pants pocket. At the intersection of the Bluff trail, a few miles north of the Gravel Springs shelter, where it intersects with the trail to Big Devil Stairs, I had to fire one warning shot in the ground to get the message clear to somebody to "Back the eff off!"
One time in 40 years is pretty good odds, but even today, I think a 12 once or lighter very small pocket pistol that nobody knows about exept you, may be a nice thing to have.
Time has changed things all over the country. No reason to think the A.T. has been spared. If I were young enough to do it again, I'd have a little NAA .22 in my pocket.
Personal choice though.
Out of 39 years, 11 months, and 29 days, it was all I needed, but in April of 1989 I had one incident where I was glad of the half pound of .25 Jetfire in my pants pocket. At the intersection of the Bluff trail, a few miles north of the Gravel Springs shelter, where it intersects with the trail to Big Devil Stairs, I had to fire one warning shot in the ground to get the message clear to somebody to "Back the eff off!"
One time in 40 years is pretty good odds, but even today, I think a 12 once or lighter very small pocket pistol that nobody knows about exept you, may be a nice thing to have.
Time has changed things all over the country. No reason to think the A.T. has been spared. If I were young enough to do it again, I'd have a little NAA .22 in my pocket.
Personal choice though.